Train-order delivery



F. ALMETZ.

TRAIN ORDER DELIVERY.

APPLICATION FlLED AUG-M1919.

1,333,435. Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

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F. AFMETZ TRAIN ORDER DELIVERY.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.4. 1919.

1,333,435. Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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- To all whom it Mag concern.

v be manufactured and sold-' asa separate part patcher and with buta small FREDERICK A. METZ, OFiMEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRAIN-ORDER immvnnr.

Specification of Letters Patent, Patented B131. 9, 1920. I

Application filed August 4, 1919. I Serial No. 315,194.

Be it known that I, FREDERICK Man, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meadville,in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Train-Order Deliverers, of which the following is aspecification. I I I j My present invention pertains to trainorder deliverers and it contemplates theprovision of a device whereby-ordersmay be quickly and safelydelivered toa train crew by a despatcher and'th-is withbut a minimum of effort onthe'part of crew and des- I I amount of wear on the device asi a whole.- The invention also contemplates the provision ofa train order deliverer that is light in weight, and hasno stationary handle and because of these facts the hoop of the device may be easily caught bya passing trainmanand. thrown off I at the succeeding station without injury to the hoop and furthermore attached. The hoops of the levice'may also of the device and hence greatly decrease the upkeep ofthe form of. equipment toa railroad.

I Other advantageous" characteristics and features of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are readin connection with the drawings, accompanying and form;

ing part of this specification, in which; II

Figure l is a frontelevation of'my'novel train order 'deliveren;

Fig. 2 is a section taken throughfthe 10h:

g i tudinal center of the device. I

Fig. 3 isa view similarto Fig. 2 with the and illustrating in section theclip I employ to retain orders on the hoop and. the manner of fastening the hoop ends togethen Fig. 4 illustrates the novel clip that assists inholding the hoop on, the handle and also showing the stamped metal pieces forming a Yin which the hoop rest'sand which rein- Q I force the handle of. device.

. are placed;

Fig. 5 illustrates theL-shaped plate by.

the drawin s. a

As will be readily appreciated from the i drawings; the hoop 1' is at once detachable from the handle 2, and said hoop .is constructed. from one singlepiece of suitable 'straight 'grain green timber and bent. to form the hoop having its endsf'form 'ap-- proximately a 90 degree angle. I

As clearly appears in Fig. 3; the ends'of the hoop l are fastened bya small nail 3 and 'in orderto more securely hold and reinforce saidends, I., provide an L-shap ed metal strapl that is nailedor otherwise secured as indicated by 5 over the joint of the hoopends, and hence a strongconnection of parts in all of the views of the hoop ends is assured andfatthe' same. time the, ends are protected against injury I when contacting with the ground.

After the hoop has been completed as above set forth,- I attach on the inner side thereof a message lip comprisingthe leaves 1 j r i -6 an'd7 formed of springsteelefllheleaffi is first ,attached to the hoop by one? rivet 8 placed in the first hole o'fisaid spring and then the. outerfjsu'pporting leaf is secured to .1 the hoop by the rivet9 Whichpasses through the ifirst holefof said supporting leaf and s'ecOndhole of [the first named leaf. The

rivet 10is then driventhrough the "last hole of the supporting leaf and then passed through ahole in the L-shaped strap 4: and: I from t hisit followsthat the. several leaves 6 and '7 will be prevented from turning about on the hoop 1.

As clearly appears by reference to the v drawings, the handle 2 is reinforced 'bythe I clips lfland 12; said clips being of semi-'cir 'cular form and secured at their lower ends to said handle by rivets 13 and at their upper ends said'clips diverge into .Y-shaped portions 14 and 1 5 into whieh the hoop-ends;

cured on the handle, I then fasten in the vented from Working sidewise because of the construction of the sides of the clips 11 and 12. v

Because of the provision and construction of the clips 11 and 12, the Y-shaped stampingproduced thereby forms a pocket to hold the hoop in position on the staffor handle and through the provision of the spring 1? in the pocket the hoop will be retained in said Y shaped pocket.

In the practical use of my novel device a message is placed under the clip 6 and the hoop forced down on the handle 2, the lower v ends of the hoop being engaged by the arms 14 and 15 of the clips 11 and 12 and retained on the handle by the spring l7 The despatcher then stands at a safe distance from a moving train and the engineer or other member of the train crew passes one arm through the hoop and becauseof the movement of the train, the hoop will be immediately detached from the handle. The hoop may then be thrown off at the succeeding station and hence the hoop may be sold and manufactured for sale as a separate devicefrom the handle. The handle be ing retained by the despatcher, only one handle maybe provided for each station, but where the handle is permanently attached as in the case of devices in present use, it is necessary for the railroads to provide each towerman or despatch'er with the completed device, which is taken away each time by a trainman and it is very unhandy for him to find a place to-store the device .y until the next station is reached, especially when the handleis exceptionally long as required by certain railroads. Moreover where thehandle is permanently attached there is'increased dangerof not only breaking the hoop, but also the handle when the device is thrown from a train. d

. It will be readily appreciated that a hoop formed of a flatpieceof material is advantageous over the round pieoeof material for the reason that inbending, breakage of material is practically eliminated and more hoops of flat construction can be produced froma given amount oftimber than round ones. Moreover my novel hoop eliminates ther necessity for skilled laborin its production as it is not necessary to turn the wood through a turning machine.

It will further be noted that all of the parts of my novel device may be readily and easily produced and replaced and hence when a certainpart becomes worn or broken,

securing the hoop in the Yof the handle.

1. In a train order delivering device, the

the upper end thereof, a spring arranged in the clips and secured on the handle, a hoop combination of a handle, clips secured to V combination of a hoop, formed of flat bend-' V [able suitable material, an L-shaped plate riveted to the meeting ends of the hoop, a message clip comprising two leaves one secured beneath the other, the first of which having its outer end abutting the inner face of the second leaf, a handle having a clip formed of two semi-circular plates having diverging upper ends whereby a Y is formed, said diverging ends havinga seat that receives the hoop, anda spring secured in the head of thehandle and constructed and arranged to rest in the base of the Y formed by the clip and retainthe hoop movable V manner on the handle.

3. In a device for the' purpose Set forth,

the combination of a hoop formed of a single piece of fiat bendable timber, and being formed on the hoop, an .Lshap ed.plate s6- cured to the connecting endsof the hoop, a rivet passing through one'ojpening :of the clip and also through one opening of the plate, a Staff. having a reinforcing plate constructed and arranged to form a Y for receiving the-ends of the hoop and means for removably securing the hoop in-said Y,

square in cross-section, a message clip.

4:. In atrain order delivering device,the

oombinationof a somewhat circular hoop, having its ends connecting at an angle of approximately 90 degrees, means for se-v r y a ing th end toge her, H

sage holdingdevice arranged on theheop,

and a removable handle having .a reinforcs P e me y s ampi g a. Pie e of metal so as to embrace the handle atits lower endand terminating at its'upper end in substantially a Y forreception" of the ends of the hoop, and means for removably Intestimony whereofI have hereunto set iis my handin presence of two subscribing FREDERIQK'AJ METZ; [Witnessesz E-Q Y, S- C RRY-Q Y witnesses. 

